The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman: The most uplifting Richard & Judy book club pick of 2022

This has everything a good feel book should have and ticks all the boxes. Compassionate, endearing, touching but absolutely hilarious. The pickles Norman gets into on his journey to Edinburgh had me in giggles. All I will say is revolving door and tumble dryer!!!I adored every page and wanted to savour every word as I did not want this emotional journey to end but I couldn’t put it down so was read in one sitting. A story filled with love, determination and human connection that will definitely pull on your heart strings but having you laugh out loud the next.I am missing Norman already and is most deservedly in my top favourites of year ❤️ Fans of The Secret Life Of Albert Entwistle, One Ordinary Day At A Time, Dog Days and The Authenticity Project will love this hug in a book.Thank you Julietta for writing something so wonderful

Norman Foreman is nearly 12 and him and his best friend Jax aim to perform at the Fringe festival as a comedy double act, unfortunately Jax dies and so Norman makes a new plan to perform on his own, even more unfortunately Norman isn't really that funny on his own. Oh and he also wants to find out who his dad is.Sadies, Normans Mum wants to help her son get to Edinburgh, she doesn't particularly want to help find his dad, mainly because she doesn't know who it is and it could be one of many men she had dalliances with.This book was laugh out loud funny, but also poignant in places too. Told in alternating chapters between Norman and Sadie we follow them on this journey. Norman was a great character, brave and lovely and Sadie was just hilarious. The characters they meet on their journey just had my heart melting and I had a smile on my face the whole way through.I would highly recommend this one, but there is a trigger warning for suicide

If you have a soul and a heart you will love this book. It takes quite a lot to make me feel emotional attachment to characters and really care what happens to them , but this book achieved that in spades. Amusing and touching in equal measures, I wholeheartedly recommend you read this book .

Great reading very sad in places but totally hart warming and funny following Norman his mum and a new friend on there adventures to get Norman to the comedy Mecca the fringe in Scotland, brilliant book

I don't normally write reviews for books, I'm a bit rubbish at putting things down in words but i couldn't NOT leave feedback this time. This book is by turns desperately sad and hilariously funny, with an emotional & uplifting ending and characters that you find yourself caring so much about. Congratulations to Ms Henderson for producing such a brilliant debut novel, I shall definitely be reading everything she writes in future!